> Sorry ... but this really IS a "RTFM" situation. The formatting is handled
> for you.
>
> Bill
Actually, no.
Read the instructions you quoted (which I read) carefully. The file is
downloaded to a FD then it is unzipped, or it is unloaded to a PC and
unzipped and then it executes GNU/Linux and does an install.
The assumption in both cases is that you are doing this on the PC you
intend to use the Linux on ... not the case in my application, as I noted.
I have downloaded the file to a Win98 PC but have no desire to execute
Linux on that box, it is compromised enough with Win98 on it ... don't
even want to think about challenging the stability with a second OS ...
even Linux!
Anyhow. What the intro to TOMS infers is that one may download to a
FD, stuff the FD into a PC (Thinkpad laptop in my case) and fire up Linux.
This is clearly not the case and thus I am back to a far more kludgy
solution (external HDD, external CD, networking the Thinkpad to the
existing system and hoping there is enough room in the old 360cse to
sustain a Win98 network long enough to transfer all of the Linux stuff).
> Untar the 2.1 M file on your hard drive, not directly on a floppy and
> follow instructions, and you will probably be okay. Tom's puts an
> extended file system and close to 1.7 MB on a 1.4 MB floppy, but I've
> seen this work. IIRC (it's been a while since I used Tom's) the rest of
> the download is installers and docs.
> - Robin
Untar on a Win98 PC? I have WinZip but don't recall a Win app to untar,
is there one?
Also, what's the likelihood that the ancient Thinkpad FDD will recognize a
1.7M format of a 1.44M FDD? When the TOMS thing formatted a FD in
my modern desktop the FD was declared unreadible!
Thanks! Doc
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